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![["The Swiss community of Helvetia, West Virginia began hosting its annual ramp supper sometime between 1946-1948 (Helvetia native Ernest Hofer who has been working at the supper for at least 40 years, wasnt sure of the exact date). The event is a fundraiser, benefiting the Helvetia Community Hall Association and the Farm Womens Club. For weeks prior, volunteers, including local 4-H kids, work to wash and freeze 60 bushels of ramps, some of which are dug and donated by locals, and the rest are bought from a digger. On the Friday before the event, male volunteers gather outside to cook 400 lbs. of potatoes in iron kettles over a wood fire, while drinking homemade wine. Women volunteers work in the kitchen, cutting 300 lbs. of ham, making cornbread, cooking Navy beans, and defrosting ramps. The Helvetia Ramp Supper is always held the last Saturday in April and draws visitors from across the state and region. The dinner includes fried and fresh ramps, beans, ham, fried potatoes, applesauce, cornbread, coleslaw, drink, and dessert, which guests eat at long tables in the basement of the Helvetia Community Hall. After dinner, a square dance is held upstairs. The documentation of the Helvetia Ramp Supper is part of the Helvetia Foodways Oral History Project in partnership with the Southern Foodways Alliance. Learn more: https://www.southernfoodways.org/oral-history/helvetia-west-virginia/Also see Emily Hilliards piece on Helvetias seasonal celebrations, including the Ramp Supper, via The Bitter Southerner: https://bittersoutherner.com/my-year-in-helvetia-west-virginia and read her piece on the Ramp Supper via the West Virginia Folklife blog: https://wvfolklife.org/2016/05/27/rampfingerprints/For more information, visit: http://www.helvetiawv.com/Events/Helvetia_Ramps/Helvetia_Ramps.htm"]%](/image/4224HelvetiaRampSupperPhoto03442816/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.HelvetiaRampSupper.Photo.034.4.28.16
- Title:
- Helvetia Ramp Supper place setting with fresh ramps, applesauce, and vinegar
- Date:
- 2016-04-28
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- foodways, Wild leek, Festivals, Helvetia (W. Va.), Food habits
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.), Randolph County (W. Va.)
![["The Swiss community of Helvetia, West Virginia began hosting its annual ramp supper sometime between 1946-1948 (Helvetia native Ernest Hofer who has been working at the supper for at least 40 years, wasnt sure of the exact date). The event is a fundraiser, benefiting the Helvetia Community Hall Association and the Farm Womens Club. For weeks prior, volunteers, including local 4-H kids, work to wash and freeze 60 bushels of ramps, some of which are dug and donated by locals, and the rest are bought from a digger. On the Friday before the event, male volunteers gather outside to cook 400 lbs. of potatoes in iron kettles over a wood fire, while drinking homemade wine. Women volunteers work in the kitchen, cutting 300 lbs. of ham, making cornbread, cooking Navy beans, and defrosting ramps. The Helvetia Ramp Supper is always held the last Saturday in April and draws visitors from across the state and region. The dinner includes fried and fresh ramps, beans, ham, fried potatoes, applesauce, cornbread, coleslaw, drink, and dessert, which guests eat at long tables in the basement of the Helvetia Community Hall. After dinner, a square dance is held upstairs. The documentation of the Helvetia Ramp Supper is part of the Helvetia Foodways Oral History Project in partnership with the Southern Foodways Alliance. Learn more: https://www.southernfoodways.org/oral-history/helvetia-west-virginia/Also see Emily Hilliards piece on Helvetias seasonal celebrations, including the Ramp Supper, via The Bitter Southerner: https://bittersoutherner.com/my-year-in-helvetia-west-virginia and read her piece on the Ramp Supper via the West Virginia Folklife blog: https://wvfolklife.org/2016/05/27/rampfingerprints/For more information, visit: http://www.helvetiawv.com/Events/Helvetia_Ramps/Helvetia_Ramps.htm"]%](/image/4224HelvetiaRampSupperPhoto03542816/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.HelvetiaRampSupper.Photo.035.4.28.16
- Title:
- Homemade desserts for the Helvetia Ramp Supper, 1 of 2
- Date:
- 2016-04-28
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Wild leek, Cake, foodways, Helvetia (W. Va.), Festivals, Bakers, Food habits
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
![["The Swiss community of Helvetia, West Virginia began hosting its annual ramp supper sometime between 1946-1948 (Helvetia native Ernest Hofer who has been working at the supper for at least 40 years, wasnt sure of the exact date). The event is a fundraiser, benefiting the Helvetia Community Hall Association and the Farm Womens Club. For weeks prior, volunteers, including local 4-H kids, work to wash and freeze 60 bushels of ramps, some of which are dug and donated by locals, and the rest are bought from a digger. On the Friday before the event, male volunteers gather outside to cook 400 lbs. of potatoes in iron kettles over a wood fire, while drinking homemade wine. Women volunteers work in the kitchen, cutting 300 lbs. of ham, making cornbread, cooking Navy beans, and defrosting ramps. The Helvetia Ramp Supper is always held the last Saturday in April and draws visitors from across the state and region. The dinner includes fried and fresh ramps, beans, ham, fried potatoes, applesauce, cornbread, coleslaw, drink, and dessert, which guests eat at long tables in the basement of the Helvetia Community Hall. After dinner, a square dance is held upstairs. The documentation of the Helvetia Ramp Supper is part of the Helvetia Foodways Oral History Project in partnership with the Southern Foodways Alliance. Learn more: https://www.southernfoodways.org/oral-history/helvetia-west-virginia/Also see Emily Hilliards piece on Helvetias seasonal celebrations, including the Ramp Supper, via The Bitter Southerner: https://bittersoutherner.com/my-year-in-helvetia-west-virginia and read her piece on the Ramp Supper via the West Virginia Folklife blog: https://wvfolklife.org/2016/05/27/rampfingerprints/For more information, visit: http://www.helvetiawv.com/Events/Helvetia_Ramps/Helvetia_Ramps.htm"]%](/image/4224HelvetiaRampSupperPhoto03642816/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.HelvetiaRampSupper.Photo.036.4.28.16
- Title:
- Homemade desserts for the Helvetia Ramp Supper, 2 of 2
- Date:
- 2016-04-28
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Helvetia (W. Va.), Cake, Food habits, Festivals, Wild leek, Bakers, foodways
- Location:
- Helvetia (W. Va.)
![["WYPR producers Aaron Henkin and Wendel Patrick worked with West Virginia state folklorist Emily Hilliard to produce two episodes of the Out of the Blocks on Charlestons West Side. Learn more: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/01/17/out-of-the-blocks-podcast-highlights-charlestons-west-side-west-virginia-folklife-hosts-listening-party-february-12/"]%](/image/4224HenkinAaronHilliardEmilyPatrickWendelPhoto112219/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.HenkinAaronHilliardEmilyPatrickWendel.Photo.11.22.19
- Title:
- Out of the Blocks podcast producers Aaron Henkin & Wendel Patrick and state folklorist Emily Hilliard
- Date:
- 2019-11-22
- Creator:
- Patrick, Wendel
- Subject:
- Radio programs, Charleston (W. Va.)
- Location:
- Charleston (W. Va.)
![["Sam & Joe HerrmannJoe Herrmann (b.1949) and Sam Herrmann (b. 1949), both Maryland natives, are traditional musicians who play together as part of Critton Hollow String Band. They have been a couple since the mid-1970s when they moved to Hampshire County, West Virginia. Joe is a fiddle and banjo player, and Sam is a guitar and hammer dulcimer player. Sam is also a knitter, hand yarn spinner, and owns the knitting kit company Samspun. They live on a piece of land in Paw Paw, WV where they keep sheep."]%](/image/4224HerrmannJoeHerrmannSamPhoto00171916/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.HerrmannJoeHerrmannSam.Photo.001.7.19.16
- Title:
- Joe and Sam Herrmann play music on their back porch
- Date:
- 2016-07-19
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Fiddling, Critton Hollow Stringband, Banjo, Folk music--West Virginia, Fiddle tunes, Old-time music
- Location:
- Hampshire County (W. Va.)
![["Sam & Joe HerrmannJoe Herrmann (b.1949) and Sam Herrmann (b. 1949), both Maryland natives, are traditional musicians who play together as part of Critton Hollow String Band. They have been a couple since the mid-1970s when they moved to Hampshire County, West Virginia. Joe is a fiddle and banjo player, and Sam is a guitar and hammer dulcimer player. Sam is also a knitter, hand yarn spinner, and owns the knitting kit company Samspun. They live on a piece of land in Paw Paw, WV where they keep sheep."]%](/image/4224HerrmannJoeHerrmannSamPhoto00271916/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.HerrmannJoeHerrmannSam.Photo.002.7.19.16
- Title:
- Joe and Sam Herrmann play banjo and fiddle on their back porch outside of Paw Paw, West Virginia
- Date:
- 2016-07-19
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Folk music--West Virginia, Critton Hollow Stringband, Fiddling, Banjo, Old-time music, Fiddle tunes
- Location:
- Hampshire County (W. Va.)
![["Joe Herrmann (b.1949) and Sam Herrmann (b. 1949), both Maryland natives, are traditional musicians who play together as part of Critton Hollow String Band. They have been a couple since the mid-1970s when they moved to Hampshire County, West Virginia. Joe is a fiddle and banjo player, and Sam is a guitar and hammer dulcimer player. Sam is also a knitter, hand yarn spinner, and owns the knitting kit company Samspun. They live on a piece of land in Paw Paw, WV where they keep sheep."]%](/image/4224HerrmannJoeHerrmannSamPhoto00371916/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.HerrmannJoeHerrmannSam.Photo.003.7.19.16
- Title:
- Old-time musicians Joe and Sam Herrmann of Hampshire County, West Virginia
- Date:
- 2016-07-19
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Critton Hollow Stringband, Fiddling, Banjo, Old-time music, Folk music--West Virginia, Fiddle tunes
- Location:
- Hampshire County (W. Va.)
![["Joe Herrman (master artist, b. 1949) of Paw Paw in Hampshire County and Dakota Karper (apprentice, b. 1992) of Capon Bridge are participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, studying old-time fiddle. Herrmann is a founding member of the Critton Hollow String Band and has taught old-time fiddle to many private students and at the Augusta Heritage Center. Dakota Karper, a Hampshire County native, has been playing old-time fiddle for 20 years and runs The Cat and the Fiddle Music School. Herrmann and Karper apprenticed together previously in 2004 (when Karper was 11) through Augusta Heritage Centers former Apprenticeship Program.See the West Virginia Folklife Program feature on Herrmann and Karper: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/12/03/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-joe-herrmann-dakota-karper-old-time-fiddle/"]%](/image/4224HerrmannJoeKarperDakotaPhoto001101220/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.HerrmannJoeKarperDakota.Photo.001.10.12.20
- Title:
- 2020 Folklife Apprenticeship pair in old-time fiddle, Dakota Karper and Joe Herrmann play on Herrmann's porch, 1 of 4
- Date:
- 2020-10-12
- Creator:
- Elmaleh, Lisa
- Subject:
- Fiddling, Folk music--West Virginia, Fiddle tunes, Old-time music, Apprenticeship programs
- Location:
- Hampshire County (W. Va.)
![["Joe Herrman (master artist, b. 1949) of Paw Paw in Hampshire County and Dakota Karper (apprentice, b. 1992) of Capon Bridge are participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, studying old-time fiddle. Herrmann is a founding member of the Critton Hollow String Band and has taught old-time fiddle to many private students and at the Augusta Heritage Center. Dakota Karper, a Hampshire County native, has been playing old-time fiddle for 20 years and runs The Cat and the Fiddle Music School. Herrmann and Karper apprenticed together previously in 2004 (when Karper was 11) through Augusta Heritage Centers former Apprenticeship Program.See the West Virginia Folklife Program feature on Herrmann and Karper: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/12/03/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-joe-herrmann-dakota-karper-old-time-fiddle/"]%](/image/4224HerrmannJoeKarperDakotaPhoto002101220/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.HerrmannJoeKarperDakota.Photo.002.10.12.20
- Title:
- 2020 Folklife Apprenticeship pair in old-time fiddle, Dakota Karper and Joe Herrmann play on Herrmann's porch, 2 of 4
- Date:
- 2020-10-12
- Creator:
- Elmaleh, Lisa
- Subject:
- Old-time music, Fiddle tunes, Fiddling, Apprenticeship programs, Folk music--West Virginia
- Location:
- Hampshire County (W. Va.)
![["Joe Herrman (master artist, b. 1949) of Paw Paw in Hampshire County and Dakota Karper (apprentice, b. 1992) of Capon Bridge are participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, studying old-time fiddle. Herrmann is a founding member of the Critton Hollow String Band and has taught old-time fiddle to many private students and at the Augusta Heritage Center. Dakota Karper, a Hampshire County native, has been playing old-time fiddle for 20 years and runs The Cat and the Fiddle Music School. Herrmann and Karper apprenticed together previously in 2004 (when Karper was 11) through Augusta Heritage Centers former Apprenticeship Program.See the West Virginia Folklife Program feature on Herrmann and Karper: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/12/03/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-joe-herrmann-dakota-karper-old-time-fiddle/"]%](/image/4224HerrmannJoeKarperDakotaPhoto003101220/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.HerrmannJoeKarperDakota.Photo.003.10.12.20
- Title:
- 2020 Folklife Apprenticeship pair in old-time fiddle, Dakota Karper and Joe Herrmann play on Herrmann's porch, 3 of 4
- Date:
- 2020-10-12
- Creator:
- Elmaleh, Lisa
- Subject:
- Folk music--West Virginia, Apprenticeship programs, Fiddling, Old-time music, Fiddle tunes
- Location:
- Hampshire County (W. Va.)
![["Joe Herrman (master artist, b. 1949) of Paw Paw in Hampshire County and Dakota Karper (apprentice, b. 1992) of Capon Bridge are participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, studying old-time fiddle. Herrmann is a founding member of the Critton Hollow String Band and has taught old-time fiddle to many private students and at the Augusta Heritage Center. Dakota Karper, a Hampshire County native, has been playing old-time fiddle for 20 years and runs The Cat and the Fiddle Music School. Herrmann and Karper apprenticed together previously in 2004 (when Karper was 11) through Augusta Heritage Centers former Apprenticeship Program.See the West Virginia Folklife Program feature on Herrmann and Karper: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/12/03/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-joe-herrmann-dakota-karper-old-time-fiddle/"]%](/image/4224HerrmannJoeKarperDakotaPhoto004101220/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.HerrmannJoeKarperDakota.Photo.004.10.12.20
- Title:
- 2020 Folklife Apprenticeship pair in old-time fiddle, Dakota Karper and Joe Herrmann play on Herrmann's porch, 4 of 4
- Date:
- 2020-10-12
- Creator:
- Elmaleh, Lisa
- Subject:
- Folk music--West Virginia, Old-time music, Fiddling, Apprenticeship programs, Fiddle tunes
- Location:
- Hampshire County (W. Va.)
![["Joe Herrman (master artist, b. 1949) of Paw Paw in Hampshire County and Dakota Karper (apprentice, b. 1992) of Capon Bridge are participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, studying old-time fiddle. Herrmann is a founding member of the Critton Hollow String Band and has taught old-time fiddle to many private students and at the Augusta Heritage Center. Dakota Karper, a Hampshire County native, has been playing old-time fiddle for 20 years and runs The Cat and the Fiddle Music School. Herrmann and Karper apprenticed together previously in 2004 (when Karper was 11) through Augusta Heritage Centers former Apprenticeship Program.See the West Virginia Folklife Program feature on Herrmann and Karper: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/12/03/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-joe-herrmann-dakota-karper-old-time-fiddle/"]%](/image/4224HerrmannJoeKarperDakotaPhoto005101220/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.HerrmannJoeKarperDakota.Photo.005.10.12.20
- Title:
- Portrait of 2020 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship participants in old-time fiddle, Joe Herrmann and Dakota Karper, 1 of 2
- Date:
- 2020-10-12
- Creator:
- Elmaleh, Lisa
- Subject:
- Old-time music, Fiddle tunes, Fiddling, Folk music--West Virginia, Apprenticeship programs
- Location:
- Hampshire County (W. Va.)
